MacLean said that Ringwald flew up onto Olekson’s blue Toyota pickup, after he was struck, and other drivers stopped to help him, while Olekson left the scene. Witnesses obtained a description of her truck, MacLean said, as she was leaving.

MacLean said authorities found Olekson based on license plate information from witnesses. But Olekson’s defense attorney, Stephanie Pollan, countered that and said her client called police after the incident.

Sgt. David Thompson, a Washington County Sheriff’s Office spokesman, said after the incident that a woman police believed was the driver called authorities late that night to identify herself.